Maybe the wrong place to ask but...
I'm selling my IQ180 (family reasons) and am looking to another - more convenient - system to use.
So I have an eye on the S2 system. Reading everywhere that the 'S' lenses are exceptional and that the camera body is a joy to operate (compared to the Mamiya DF camera f.i.).
Ok, great, very good points. But my concern is about image quality. It's already hard to downgrade from 80 to 37.5 million pixels (yes 80 millions pix are addictive), it would be even harder if the Kodak sensor of the S2 sits in a complete other league.
From what I could check from downloads (dng files on RedDot forum) I'm not happy with the kodak sensor quality:
* limited dynamic range (ugly burned highlights and dirty blacks)
* strange colors (flashy sky f.i.) in Capture 1 & Lightroom 5
* Noise even @ base iso160
Honestly, looking at those 5-6 downloaded images gives me souvenirs of my good old Nikon D2X camera sensor (not implying that the S2 has the same sensor quality than a D2X, just saying that the re-worked DNG I've seen do look like).
Caution !! (big, huge caution):
Those remarks are based on just a few downloaded DNG files of street shots photos (with what's looking to be a dull sky). Capture 1 does not support an S2 profile / Lightroom 5 is new to me for color (only using it for my MM black& whites). I'm used to the quality of one of the best available sensor (IQ180).
I certainly don't want to start any war, just want to express my true 1st impressions / feeling about the few S2 files I could see.
I'm well aware that the Leica S2 concept does offer a shooting experience that is impossible to match with a mamiya camera.
I'm just seriously worried that the S2 sensor could deliver a 'too limited' IQ for those who have been used to the cream of the crop Phase/Hassy recent sensors IQ.
So if some of you do have experience comparing both sensors (Pramote, Mark ?) I would be happy - with a wide open mind - to read your comments
I'm selling my IQ180 (family reasons) and am looking to another - more convenient - system to use.
So I have an eye on the S2 system. Reading everywhere that the 'S' lenses are exceptional and that the camera body is a joy to operate (compared to the Mamiya DF camera f.i.).
Ok, great, very good points. But my concern is about image quality. It's already hard to downgrade from 80 to 37.5 million pixels (yes 80 millions pix are addictive), it would be even harder if the Kodak sensor of the S2 sits in a complete other league.
From what I could check from downloads (dng files on RedDot forum) I'm not happy with the kodak sensor quality:
* limited dynamic range (ugly burned highlights and dirty blacks)
* strange colors (flashy sky f.i.) in Capture 1 & Lightroom 5
* Noise even @ base iso160
Honestly, looking at those 5-6 downloaded images gives me souvenirs of my good old Nikon D2X camera sensor (not implying that the S2 has the same sensor quality than a D2X, just saying that the re-worked DNG I've seen do look like).
Caution !! (big, huge caution):
Those remarks are based on just a few downloaded DNG files of street shots photos (with what's looking to be a dull sky). Capture 1 does not support an S2 profile / Lightroom 5 is new to me for color (only using it for my MM black& whites). I'm used to the quality of one of the best available sensor (IQ180).
I certainly don't want to start any war, just want to express my true 1st impressions / feeling about the few S2 files I could see.
I'm well aware that the Leica S2 concept does offer a shooting experience that is impossible to match with a mamiya camera.
I'm just seriously worried that the S2 sensor could deliver a 'too limited' IQ for those who have been used to the cream of the crop Phase/Hassy recent sensors IQ.
So if some of you do have experience comparing both sensors (Pramote, Mark ?) I would be happy - with a wide open mind - to read your comments
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